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plastron

noun

  1. a metal breastplate worn under a coat of mail
  2. a padded protector worn over the chest by fencers
  3. a trimming like a dickey, worn on the front of a woman's dress
  4. a starched shirt front
  5. the lower, ventral part of the shell of a turtle or tortoise

See plastron in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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